behold the chosen children
who chose to become
marching shadows of freedom
on your skylines at night
...
when seekers of truth
are hunted like sparrows
and caged behind cold bars
of greed...
...
so fragrant as a wild flower
her scent liberates dreams
from the thought of
...
they knew what they did
that I cannot forgive
the crimes they intently committed
that made my nation a yard of spill of their greed!
...
The family of Three are sickly dying…
Imperialism—severely hypertensive and is freaking out with war!
Feudalism—weakening nerves and is chilling out of balance!
Bureaucrat Capitalism—hallucinating with unmanageable mental illness!
...
(English translation below)
habang ang dalampasigan ay buong suyong
nilalambing ng karagatan sa alab ng kanyang mga alon
habang ang mga tala ay kumukutitap ng buong galak
...
(Filipino translation below)
When they're at your doorstep...
for they are not strangers
...
(Filipino translation below)
When the world is violently coated with greed
and words are silenced with terror whipped by the fascist…
...
(Filipino translation below)
look how those mercenaries in camouflage
cling like leeches
...